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What You Should Know About Home Health Care Abuse
As the population ages, more people are turning to home health care as a way to maintain some level of independence. Patients receive care in their homes instead of moving into a nursing home or assisted living facility. While most home health workers are kind and provide proper care to…
Read MoreAnalysis Shows Outsourcing Nursing Home Services Causes Poor Care
An analysis by Kaiser Health News (KHN) reveals that more than 11,000 nursing homes from across the nation are outsourcing a variety of goods and services. In many cases, these business arrangements are allowing outside companies to make millions while nursing home residents are not receiving the care and attention…
Read MoreFive Charged with Homicide Over Two Deaths at Colorado Long-Term Care Facilities
The Colorado Attorney General’s (AG) Office charged five people with homicide over two deaths in 2014 and 2016 at two long-term care facilities, the Seacrest House and Ashley Manor Assisted Living Facility. All five were charged with criminally negligent homicide of an at-risk adult, with some facing additional charges. If…
Read More94-Year-Old Resident’s Face Covered in Bruises After Fall at Oklahoma Nursing Home
A 94-year-old resident of the Ranchwood Nursing Center in Yukon, Oklahoma, has a broken hand, purple bruises all over her face and one eye swollen shut after a recent fall. Family members say there is a chance their loved one could lose the eye that is swollen shut. The victim’s…
Read MoreFederal Government Reduces Use of Fines for Nursing Home Violations
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) is discouraging federal regulators from issuing fines against nursing homes that harm residents or place them at risk of injury or death. The CMS claims reducing the use of fines against nursing homes that neglect or abuse patients will shift focus away from…
Read MorePennsylvania Department of Health Fines Nursing Home Close to $800,000
St. Francis Center for Rehabilitation & Healthcare in Darby, Pennsylvania, is facing hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines from the Pennsylvania Department of Health (PDOH). The nursing home was fined $675,750 over numerous problems with resident care that were discovered during an inspection of the facility in August….
Read MorePolice Arrest Retirement Home Staffer for Elderly Neglect After Patient Death
Last Thursday, an administrator from the Good Samaritan Retirement Home in Williston, Florida, was arrested for elderly neglect. The woman is accused of failing to obtain medical care in a timely manner after a resident fell and suffered a head injury that caused her death in November. The administrator discovered…
Read MoreWhat Is a Special Focus Facility?
Nursing home facilities are regularly evaluated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). When facilities perform poorly, they are closely watched by CMS. Those facilities that receive the worst evaluations and provide the poorest care to their residents are considered Special Focus Facilities. These facilities receive special attention…
Read MoreInvestigation Reveals Many Calls for Help from In-Home Hospice Care Patients are Mishandled
Reporters from Kaiser Health News recently conducted an investigation of in-home hospice care and discovered more than 700 complaints about the way hospice agencies handled calls for help from patients or their loved ones. Reporters found that many requests from patients and their loved ones were ignored or mishandled, with…
Read MoreWhen is a Nursing Home Liable for a Resident’s Fall?
Approximately 1,800 nursing home residents die from falls every year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). While some falls are unavoidable, others are caused by negligence and could have been prevented. The nursing home fall injuries lawyers of PKSD provide representation for families pursuing legal claims for…
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